Martin's defensive play, Olsen lift Spruce Creek past Seabreeze

Published: Thursday, August 28, 2014 at 11:52 p.m.

Last Modified: Friday, August 29, 2014 at 2:53 p.m.

DELAND — Logan Martin was thinking touchdown when he wrapped his mitts around Justin Muller's screen pass with just seconds left in his Spruce Creek Hawks' 19-12 season-opening, non-district win over Seabreeze on Thursday.

“That's a lineman's dream,” the Spruce Creek senior said smiling.

Instead, Martin bobbled the ball, stumbled, corralled it and went down around the Seabreeze 8.

Creek halfback Collin Olsen provided the deciding touchdown with a 2-yard run that capped a 13-play drive late in the third. TaJuan Williams passed to Ian Duggar for the 2-point conversion to make it 19-6.

<p><b>DELAND —</b> Logan Martin was thinking touchdown when he wrapped his mitts around Justin Muller's screen pass with just seconds left in his Spruce Creek Hawks' 19-12 season-opening, non-district win over Seabreeze on Thursday.</p><p>“That's a lineman's dream,” the Spruce Creek senior said smiling.</p><p>Instead, Martin bobbled the ball, stumbled, corralled it and went down around the Seabreeze 8.</p><p>He didn't get the score, but he sealed the win.</p><p>“I timed it just right, jumped and got my hands on it,” Martin said. “I really wanted to score … put that little bit extra on top, but this feels great.”</p><p>Creek halfback Collin Olsen provided the deciding touchdown with a 2-yard run that capped a 13-play drive late in the third. TaJuan Williams passed to Ian Duggar for the 2-point conversion to make it 19-6.</p><p>Olsen rumbled through the defense all night, collecting 167 yards — 131 rushing, 36 receiving.</p><p>Seabreeze (0-1) had just 111 yards, but made it interesting with a 1-yard touchdown by Ryetavious Sanders with 4:27 left that cut it to 19-12. </p><p>Spruce Creek (1-0) answered with a clock-chewing drive, before pinning Seabreeze at its own 6 with 40 seconds left. </p><p>Three plays later, Martin intercepted Muller to end it.</p><p>Creek held an 11-6 lead at the half thanks to a 21-yard field goal by Edson Abadia and a 28-yard touchdown pass from Williams to Aaron Conner. </p><p>Seabreeze got a pair of field goals — 31 and 34 yards — from Sam Hayworth. </p><p>Sandcrabs' coach Marc Beach said he was disappointed in his team's costly penalties and missed opportunities. Seabreeze dropped at least two likely touchdowns. </p><p>“We have to give (Creek) a lot of credit,” Beach said. “But we didn't quit.</p><p>“Three years ago, they beat us, but we went 7-4 and made the playoffs.”</p><p>As for Creek, Olsen said it was the best win of his four-year stint on varsity.</p><p>“Ask any senior on the team, it feels so good to beat Seabreeze,” he said.</p><p>“To open up, senior year, biggest rival on our schedule, to beat them like that just feels so amazing.”</p><p></p><p><b>Spruce Creek 19 , Seabreeze 12</b></p><p>Spruce Creek 3 8 8 0—19</p><p>Seabreeze 3 3 0 6—12</p><p>First Quarter</p><p>Spruce Creek—FG Abadia 21 </p><p>Seabreeze —FG Hayworth 34</p><p>Second Quarter</p><p>Spruce Creek —Conner 28 pass from Williams (Krafft run)</p><p>Seabreeze—FG Hayworth 31</p><p>Third Quarter</p><p>Spruce Creek —Olsen 2 run (Duggar pass from Williams)</p><p>Fourth Quarter</p><p>Seabreeze —Sanders 1 run (Run failed)</p><p><b>INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS</b></p><p>RUSHING— Spruce Creek, Olsen 20-131, Williams 8-13, Conner 11-46, Duggar 1- (minus 1), Flood 1-1. Seabreeze, Hicks 8-17, Muller 9-13, Sanders 4-(minus 3), Sylvester 1-(minus 1).</p><p>PASSING—Spruce Creek, Williams 14-18-1-118. Seabreeze, Muller 5-17-1-85.</p><p>RECEIVING—Spruce Creek, Conner 5-48, Krafft 3-28, Duggar 1-(minus) 6, Walter 1-12, Olsen 4-36. Seabreeze, Blake 2-33, Floyd 2-52, Summers 1-0.</p>